Jerrod, I would have to agree on the speed here in Michigan although we are starting to see an increase in permit requests in many communities. Its definitely not like years past, but the pace has picked up over January.
On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 10:52 AM, Chris Cahill <[email protected]>wrote: > Normal, as compared to what? We've had nearly infinite growth in activity > (something/0) compared to last year but to a few years ago we're still > doing > next to nothing. I think now is the new normal and a lot closer to 0. Give > us 4-6 years and we MIGHT be closer to the normal of a 3 years ago. At > least in these parts our decline started in '07. I believe many parts were > way behind us in the fall and are way ahead in the recovery. MN and I > suspect MI are high tax, high regulation, high government States. All > factors in wrecking a good business climate. OK now tell me it also has > something to do with I live closer to the North Pole than the Equator in > real terms and climate terms. Yes it did snow very little 10 days ago. > But > I also think it snowed near Thom yesterday. > > Check out this site showing, if you "play it", the collapse and recovery on > a state by state basis. You'll note most of the country is in recovery > which again just means something more than when they were at the bottom. > No > comparison to normal. > http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29976394/ns/us_news-the_elkhart_project/ > > Chris Cahill, P.E. > Fire Protection Engineer > Sentry Fire Protection, Inc. > > 763-658-4483 > 763-658-4921 fax > > Email: [email protected] > > Mail: P.O. Box 69 > Waverly, MN 55390 > > Location: 4439 Hwy 12 SW > Waverly, MN 55390 > > > At 10:22 AM 5/19/2010, you wrote: > >I know its not real technical but are there any areas in the country with > >normal work load right now? Here in Michigan it doesn't look like anyone > has > >anything going. I wonder what the long term effects of this are. With all > >the vacent buildings around now how long after the economy "recovers" will > >construction lag behind? > > > >Jerrod Glover CET > >Sprinkler Design Service > >616-299-8309 > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Sprinklerforum mailing list > >[email protected] > >http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > > > >For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] > > > >To Unsubscribe, send an email > >to:[email protected]<to%[email protected]> > >(Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) > > Todd G. Williams, PE > Fire Protection Design/Consulting > Stonington, CT > 860.535.2080 > www.fpdc.com > > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > > For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] > > To Unsubscribe, send an email > to:[email protected]<to%[email protected]> > (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) > > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > > For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] > > To Unsubscribe, send an email > to:[email protected]<to%[email protected]> > (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) > -- Michael O'Brian Code Savvy Consultants O: 313-618-6401 F: 313-557-0294 [email protected] www.codesavvyconsultants.com www.inspector911.com Follow us on Facebook, http://www.facebook.com/codesavvy Twitter, http://www.twitter.com/codesavvyconsult _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[email protected] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field)
